Category: MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS

The residents of Ontario that file a personal injury claim and then hear their lawyer talk about car accident benefits and car accident losses may wonder how the 2 references, both of which refer to accident-related issues, differ. (more…)

Motorists in Ontario might think that only a major accident needs to be reported to the police. Actually, there are numerous times when a seemingly minor incident calls for notification of the closest officer, or the one then available to arrive at the scene. (more…)

If you were injured in a previous accident, and you just got involved in a new one, you should think about hiring an injury lawyer in Cornwall, once you have filed a personal injury claim. By working with that member of the legal profession, you should be able to minimize the extent to which your previous injuries can affect your ability to win a fair compensation. (more…)

Ontario has not called for an end to the practice of compensating the victims of a car accident. However, that Canadian province has chosen to place restrictions on the size of an award for pain and suffering. (more…)

The government of Ontario continues to place stiff fines on any driver that sits behind the steering wheel while under the influence of alcohol. Yet in the past, such fines did not punish those drivers that attempted to pay attention to both the road and some type of distraction. In order to solve that problem, Ontario’s legislative body has passed some new laws. (more…)

Every accident is different. By the same token, no two accident victims (even those in the same vehicle) have the same injury. Still, certain medical problems tend to develop more frequently among accident victims that have been in a motor vehicle collision. (more…)

Personal injury lawyers tend to focus on evidence of negligence, when seeking to determine who was at fault for a given accident. If the lawyer’s client got injured as the result of a slip and fall incident, the injury lawyer in Leamington must seek the answer to certain questions. (more…)

Those men and women that work to maintain the safety of Canadian roads have expressed concern, regarding the increased number of truck accidents. Their research into such collisions has shown that most of the accident involved some type of transport truck. While the nature of the large vehicle that has collided with a smaller vehicle tends to remain the same, not every accident has the same cause. However, contacting the personal injury lawyer in Leamington can help you get the required legal assistance. (more…)

Any resident of Ontario that becomes involved in a car accident can demand access to certain mandatory benefits. Those include money to cover a loss of income, reimbursement of the expenses created by medical care, coverage of rehabilitation costs, the payment of attendants and miscellaneous costs. (more…)

While standard insurance is an obligation in Ontario, that does not mean that you cannot become involved in a motor vehicle collision with an underinsured, uninsured, or unidentified driver. Thus, what do you do when such an incident occurs? Who will compensate you for your injuries? (more…)